Hey, it's Brian, back with another episode for those of us getting an early start on the Christmas season.

But by the time this episode arrives, it won't be that early anymore. Yes, we're still weeks away from

Thanksgiving, the mainstream start of the season, but the Christmas items are out in every store I visit,

and I even bought one of those Christmas popcorn tins the other day,

and put up a few extra decorations in my office. And now that the days are getting a little cooler

here in wonderful Willow Glen, California, I'm also snuggling up with a cozy blanket and a good

story to help me get into the spirit. Because we're still counting down to Halloween,

this is a perfect time for a Christmas story

that's also a ghost story. Yes, you're aware of a Christmas Carol, but there are many,

many others to choose from, and I'll be sharing one of those with you today.

This story was originally published in the Tamworth Herald, an English newspaper, in 1893.

It's The Wicked Editor's Christmas Dream by Alice Mary Vance.

Now, if you're looking for something spine-tingling, then this isn't it. It's more comical than anything,

and I think it serves as a great example of just how diverse the Christmas ghost stories of the

Victorian era really were. So don't worry about leaving the lights on for this one. Just be sure that you're

cozy and relaxed and ready to hear a Christmas ghost story that you've probably never heard

before. I'll come back at the end to wrap up and say goodbye. But for now, please enjoy the

Wicked Editor's Christmas Dream by Alice Mary Vance.

He was a very good editor, as editors go, though some of them do not go very far.

Just a little given to promise where he never meant to perform,

which, after all, is a frailty common to all mankind and not exclusively confined to editors,

so he must not be judged too harshly. Besides,

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